What is Barometer?

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

A scale for estimating wind speed based on observed conditions of the sea or land. It ranges from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane)...

Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and weather processes. It involves observing, analyzing, and forecasting...

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

The amount of radiation, heat, or light passing through or flowing from a unit area of a surface.

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

Confluence refers to the area where two or more air streams or bodies of water meet and combine. In meteorology, it often...

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A weather warning means that a weather hazard is occurring, imminent, or likely. In other words, severe weather is happening...